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Immunohistochemical localization of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan and tenascin in the human eye compared with the HNK-1 epitope

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•Background: A previous study revealed the HNK-1 epitope in the human ciliary body beneath the ciliary epithelium. The molecules bearing this 3-sulphoglucuronic acid-containing oligosaccharide epitope in the eye remain unknown. As chondroitin sulphate proteoglycan (CSPG) and tenascin are potential candidates as bearers of the HNK-1 epitope, their distribution in the human eye was compared with that of the HNK-1 epitope. • Methods: Fifty-five formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded human eyes, including 20 normal eyes and 35 eyes with exfoliation syndrome or glaucoma, were studied immunohistochemically with monoclonal antibody (MAb) CS-56 to CSPG, MAb TN2 to tenascin, and MAbs HNK-I and VC1.1 to the HNK-1 epitope. Additionally, four frozen lens capsules with exfoliation material were studied by indirect immunofluoresence. • Results: A population of dendritic cells in the inner connective tissue layer of the ciliary body and exfoliation material were immunoreactive with antibodies to the HNK-1 epitope, but no labelling for CSPG and tenascin was seen in them, including frozen sections. The inner surface of the nonpigmented ciliary epithelium was reactive for the HNK-1 epitope, and at the ora serrata also for CSPG. In some eyes with glaucoma, immunoreaction for CSPG and tenascin was seen beneath the epithelium and endothelium of the cornea. The nerve fibre layer of the retina was labelled for tenascin. In the sclera, all antibodies labelled the ground substance, and in some large blood vessels immunoreaction for CSPG and tenascin was seen subendothelially. • Conclusion: Apart from the sclera, the distribution of CSPG and tenascin was different from that of the HNK-1 epitope, suggesting that this carbohydrate epitope may not be borne by these molecules in the human ciliary body.

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Uusitalo, M. Immunohistochemical localization of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan and tenascin in the human eye compared with the HNK-1 epitope. Graefe's Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 232, 657–665 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00171380

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